Lloyd A. Worthy shares his name, but few memories, with his father, Lloyd W., who was killed while on duty as a Little Rock police officer a year after Worthy was born in 1966.
"The only thing I remember is an old green Ford," Worthy said Monday as he gathered with officers and other family members at police headquarters to remember the department's 23 fallen officers.
The annual event, Worthy and others said, was an opportunity to represent their family members and to connect with the officers who served alongside them.
"It's so people don't forget," said Pam Fisher, whose ex-husband, Joseph Tucker Fisher, was shot to death during a raid in February 1995.
Pam attended the event with her two daughters and each of their daughters — babies named after their grandfather when they were born last June.
Detective Tommy Hudson approached the family after a benediction and gun salute.
"This must be Tuck's granddaughters," he exclaimed.
Hudson said he knew "Tuck" Fisher from their days serving as partners in the early 1990s and overheard the gunshots on his police radio the night Fisher was killed.
"We make sure [family members of officers are] taken care of if they have any needs," Hudson said, referring to the work of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 17 in Little Rock. "It's not just a brotherhood; it's a sisterhood now."
Worthy said he was able to learn more about his father's service by getting to know his fellow officers at memorial events such as the one held Monday.
"They say my dad was a good man," Worthy said. "No bad bones, nothing bad to say about him."
Next year will mark a half-century since his father's passing, and Worthy said he "wants to keep it going."
Following a tradition he says his father started by giving him the initials L.A.W., Worthy made his daughter's name a tribute to the career her grandfather gave his life for.
Her name is Lawren.
Read Tuesday's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.